1898

1890s 1898 1899

Events

U.S. annexes Hawaii.
George Nathaniel Curzon (1st Marquess of...) is appointed Viceroy of the British Indian Empire.
Rosa Luxemburg becomes a naturalized German citizen with her marriage to Gustav Lübeck. She moves to Berlin.
Jacques Doriot is born.

January 13: Aurore publishes Emile Zola's essay "J'Accuse."
February 7: Emile Zola is brought to trial for libel for "J'Accuse."
February 7-8: U.S. Marines intervene to protect American lives and property in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.
February 15: The USS Maine explodes (cause probably accidental, but blamed on Spain), killing 260 and provoking the Spanish-American War. U.S. gains control of Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico plus virtual control of Cuba.
February 23: Emile Zola is imprisoned in France.
May 7: Italian General Bava-Beccaris orders troops to shoot into Milan protest rally, killed 80. Italian King Umberto I is assasinated two years after to avenge the atrocity.
May 16: Japanese Director Kenji Mizoguchi is born in Tokyo.
June 13: The Yukon joins Canada as a territory.
June 22: Erich Maria Remarque is born.
July 25: United States invasion of Puerto Rico begins with a landing at Guánica Bay.
September 2: Battle of Omdurman.
August 12: Stanford Dole signs away Hawaiian sovereignty to U.S. minister Harold Sewall.
October 18: German Kaiser Wilhelm II arrives in Constantinople.
November 5: U.S. military forces intervene in China to defend the American legation in Beijing.
December 10: Treaty ending Spanish-American War signed in Paris.